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Undine: A Legend

1880
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  • Title: Undine: A Legend
  • Author: Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (German, Brandenburg 1777–1843 Berlin)
  • Translator: Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett (British, 1832/33–1875)
  • Illustrator: Julius Höppner (German, Lichtenberg, Saxony 1839–1893 Dresden)
  • Publisher: Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh (London)
  • Publisher: E. P. Dutton and Company (New York, NY)
  • Date: 1880
  • Medium: Illustrations: chromolithography
  • Dimensions: 19 11/16 x 15 9/16 x 1 3/16 in. (50 x 39.5 x 3cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
  • Object Number: 66.541.45
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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